Synonyms for balkan
ˈbɔl kənbalkan

Princeton's WordNet

1. Balkannoun

   an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula

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1. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

   The union has been expanded to the east. But it would be a tragic and a historic mistake to leave out the Balkan countries, the admission of Albania, Montenegro and Serbia into the Union must have priority.

2. De Maiziere:

   Even if the refugee situation has eased at internal borders along the West Balkan route, we look with concern at the developments on the external borders of the Union.

3. De Maiziere:

   It's clear that the Balkan route is a thing of the past and no longer will or should be a place again from where people will be waved through to Germany and Austria and to the center of Europe, now the issue is alternative routes ... we are of course concerned that we'll get rising refugee numbers again as they come via Libya and Italy.

4. Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka:

   The current situation when up to 3,000 people come to Greece every day certainly is not what we had in mind, the Visegrad Four (V4) realizes how important it is to focus on the west Balkan route and show solidarity with the west Balkan countries and help them with protection of their borders.

5. European Council President Donald Tusk:

   As regards the Balkan route, we undertook action much too late, which resulted among others in the temporary closure of the borders inside Schengen, this is why our full cooperation with Italy and Malta today is a condition to avoid this scenario in the future.